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The community

Ask a question, share news or a deal, post an event or find something lost. How categories, comments, likes, saves and thread notifications work.

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The Community tab is where neighbours talk: questions about settling in, local news, events, deals and the odd lost cat.
The community

What goes where
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Every post has a category, and the chips at the top of the feed filter by it:

  • General: anything that does not fit below.
  • News: things happening in the community or in New Zealand that others should know.
  • Questions: ask, and neighbours who have been here longer answer.
  • Events: markets, church and school events, meetups. These carry a date, and the feed’s date chip (Today, This weekend, This week or Pick a date) finds what is on.
  • Deals: a good price you spotted, a sale, a discount code.
  • Lost & Found: lost or found items and pets.
  • Notice: announcements from the maru team.
The Community tab
The Community tab

Write a post
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The Write form
The Write form
  1. 1

    Tap + and choose Post in community

    The form is called Write.
  2. 2

    Title, category and content

    Title and Content are required. Pick a Category; for Events you also set a Start date and, if it runs longer, an End date (optional).
  3. 3

    Location and photos

    Location is optional but worth setting so the right neighbours see it: tap Select from Suburbs. Add up to five photos under Photos (max 5).
  4. 4

    Tap Post

    You can come back and Edit or Delete it any time from My Community Posts on the My page.
The text box is plain text. Blank lines make paragraphs; a line starting with - becomes a bullet list. That is all the structure most posts need.

Join the conversation
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Under any post you can:

  • Like it, so the author knows it helped.
  • Comment: type into Write a comment… at the bottom. Replies to your comment come to your notifications.
  • Save it to find it again under Saved Items.
  • Share it with the Share icon, which copies a link that opens in the app or the web.

Posts and comments written in the other language can be switched with the pill at the top of the post; see the translation guide.

A post with its comments
A post with its comments
Getting too many replies on a busy thread? Open the post’s menu and tap Mute notifications. Resume notifications turns them back on.

House rules
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Be the neighbour you would want. No spam, no reposting the same thing across categories, no personal attacks, and nothing illegal. A post that breaks the rules can be reported with the Report icon and is reviewed within 24 hours. Repeat offenders are removed.

Common questions
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Can I sell something in a community post?
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Please list it in the Goods tab instead, where buyers are looking and where it can be reserved and marked sold. See the selling guide.

Can I post a job I am hiring for?
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Job listings go on the jobs board via the maru team; see the jobs guide. A short community post is fine in the meantime.

Who can post a Notice?
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Only the maru team. The category exists so you can filter for official announcements.

Keep reading
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Still stuck? Email [email protected] and we will walk you through it.

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